Papules, Craters and Umbilication: Molluscum Contagiosum
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MOJ Tumor Research Mini Review Open Access Papules, craters and umbilication: molluscum contagiosum Molluscum contagiosum Volume 1 Issue 5 - 2018 (MC) is a cutaneous contamination with a pox virus discovered in 1 2 children. Bateman first scripted the entity in 1817. Individuals with Anubha Bajaj a normal immune function tend to recover spontaneously, though Consultant Histopathology, Panjab University, India the disease can prolong for months. The therapeutic options are numerous including simple observation.1 Efficacious therapies may Correspondence: Anubha Bajaj, Consultant Histopathology, be mechanical, chemical, immune-modulation or antiviral. Panjab University, India, Email [email protected] Received: October 26, 2018 | Published: October 31, 2018 Determinants Molluscum Contagiosum originates from a pox virus of the mollusci pox genus belonging to the pox viridae family. Molluscum yellow, flesh coloured, translucent, pink or red (inflamed).1 The moist contagiosum virus (MCV) is a sizable, brick shaped, double stranded zones or areas of abrasion are implicated especially the extremities DNA virus of 200-3000 nm dimension. The virus genome is covalently ( intertriginous region), trunk and face in the children. The adults coupled at both edges and encodes 182 proteins with 105 direct manifest the lesions in the lower abdomen, upper thighs, pubic analogues with the ortho pox virus (3)Molluscum contagiosum virus area, anus and genital region. Uncommonly the nipples, aerolae, has 4 major subclasses: MCV 1 as a subclass occurs frequently (75- conjunctiva, lips, eyelids, oral mucosa, scalp and soles of the feet are 96%) with MCV 2( 5%), MCV 4(9%) and MCV3(11%). Paediatric incriminated. Numerically the papules are <20 and range from 1-5 patients are generally infected with MCV subclass 1. MCV subclass mm in diameter. The lesions may be asymptomatic but can undergo 2 induces a sexually transmitted disease, prevalent in teenagers and inflammation, accumulation and display a linear pattern with auto- adults. MCV subclass 2 is antecedent to nearly 60% of the viral inoculation. Occasionally, they may be solitary. Miniscule papules disorders co-infected with HIV. Thus molluscum contagiosum when and paediatric patients may not demonstrate a central crater.1 The co-exists with HIV, does not imply a reoccurrence in paediatric rare congenital lesions exhibit a halo about the scalp.3 A pallid, hypo- infections. Usually an individual represents infectivity of a single pigmented halo or a ring (Woronoff ring) abutting the viral papules is viral subclass.3 noted (halo phenomenon). At the site of retrogression, the lesions are oedematous, inflamed and erythematosus.7 “ BOTE” Beginning of the Existence end is a term utilized for the regressing, inflammatory lesions which is Molluscum Contagiosum is prevalent worldwide. However it defined by the variable immune reaction to the viral ingress instead of frequently inhabits tropical and humid climates.1,4 The irrefutable a secondary bacterial contagion, in patients with adequate immunity. reservoir for Molluscum contagiosum is humans MCV infection Lesions in the immune –compromised are extensive, preponderantly is recorded in 1% of the diagnosed dermatological disorders. The >1cm in diameter (giant molluscum contagiosum) and may exhibit paediatric cases such as the pre school/ elementary school children are an anomalous representation and location such as a verrucous or a 1 hypertrophic emergence. The protuberant papules develop rapidly, implicated with 5 % to 11.5% prevalence. MC is infrequent below 1 8 year of age as is congenital MC. Both genders are equally incriminated. disseminate, recur and are resistant to therapy. Poor hygiene, poverty, cramped living conditions predispose to MC. Interpretation Physical touch, autoinoculation and contaminated fomites( clothing, bath sponges, towels and wet skin ) help to disseminate the virus.5 Physical inspection and clinical examination are the mainstay Autoinoculation with a bunch of lesions ensue due to rubbing and of diagnosis. The discrete, smooth, flesh coloured, dome shaped scratching and is a probable mode of transmission in children. The papules with a central umbilicus are characteristic. A magnifying virus is sexually transmitted in adults via tattoos and in swimming lens or a dermatoscope assists in viewing the central umbilicus pools with the lesions elucidating a bathing suit distribution. Vertical which depicts a poly-lobular or four leaf clover- like yellowish white dissemination of the virus from the mother to the foetus via an infected amorphous configuration with tangential reddish, linear or branching birth canal or an ascending infection with premature rupture of blood vessels. These attributes are not visible to the un-aided eye. membranes is described.3 The MCV infection emanates in the first six Molecular techniques such as the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) weeks of life. Immune deficiency (HIV infection) or atopic dermatitis are beneficial in correlating the clinical features and epidemiology of predispose to the viral disease.1,6 5-18% of the patients display a co- the pox virus infection. However, the technology lacks utilization in infection of HIV with MCV. daily practice.9 Clinical phenomenon Excision biopsy Incubation varies from 2-7 weeks and the infection can manifest Excision biopsy is advantageous in problematic lesions with in up to 26 weeks. The classic lesions of MC evolve as discrete, anomalous morphology. Histopathology elucidates the typical firm, smooth, dome- shaped waxy papules with a typical central enormous, eosinophilic, intra-cytoplasmic inclusion bodies visualized umbilicus occluded with oozing, cheesy matter comprised of dead on routine H & E stained sections. The centric corpus is detailed with epithelial cells and virus particles.1The lesions can be pearly white, exudation of pearly, keratinous material. Light microscopy defines a Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com MOJ Tumor Res . 2018;1(5):167‒170. 167 © 2018 Bajaj. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and build upon your work non-commercially. Copyright: Papules, craters and umbilication: molluscum contagiosum ©2018 Bajaj 168 dermis notched by the epithelial proliferation. Cellular differentiation within the papule packs the cytoplasm with a granular, eosinophilic expansion which dislocates the nucleus. The signature molluscum bodies are composed of viral fragments identical in size and disposition to poxviruses. The circumferential dermis is profoundly inflamed, configuring as an abscess or a pleomorphic T cell infiltrate which may resemble a lymphoma /leukaemia proliferation. Metaplastic ossification may be detected. Light microscopy also delineates a lobular, circumscribed lesion with epithelial hyperplasia, prominent keratinisation and a transposed basement membrane. The encompassing stroma ranges from being fibrous, adenomatous and myxomatous. A dense, fine vasculature can be elucidated in the viral lesions on immunohistochemistry (IHC) and CD34 monoclonal Figure 2 Viral particles as intracytoplasmic inclusions. antibodies. Vacuolated, amphophilic cytoplasm with prominent nucleoli are evident. The epithelial hyperplasia and keratinocytes exhibit multiple discrete, ovoid, large, eosinophilic intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies(Henderson-Patterson or Molluscum Bodies) with a condensed nucleus stretched across the cell membrane, thus developing a signet ring appearance. Follicular neo-genesis has been hypothesized as the originator of the pox virus infection by virtue of the foci of circumferential hair bulb differentiation with sporadic sebaceous gland discrimination.10 However zones of minimal /absent hair follicles such as the palm may elucidate the condition, thereby signifying epidermal transformation. The hand held reflectance con- focal microscope is a rapid, non-invasive mechanism which can utilized for the detection of the disorder. Central crater with hypertrophic keratinocytes. Electron microscopy Figure 3 Demonstrates typical brick shaped viral particles within the intra- cytoplasmic inclusion bodies.MCV multiplies in the epidermal stratum spinosum following infection of the epidermis. The keratinocytes hypertrophy and in conjunction with viral replication, display the distinctive intra-cytoplasmic viral inclusion bodies. Innumerable virions are enclosed in the intracellular compartment enclosed within a collagen and lipid rich vesicle. The eosinophilic intra-cytoplasmic inclusions can be demonstrated on H& E stained sections.6 The host cell, when breached on extermination, dispenses the viral particles in order to contaminate fresh epithelium (Figures 1−5). Figure 4 Pox virus particles as eosinophilic inclusions. Figure 5 Molluscum of the Cervix with inclusions and inflammation- Cytology Figure 1 Epithelial hyperplasia with a central crater. smear. Citation: Bajaj A. Papules, craters and umbilication: molluscum contagiosum. MOJ Tumor Res. 2018;1(5):167‒170. DOI: 10.15406/mojtr.2018.01.00037 Copyright: Papules, craters and umbilication: molluscum contagiosum ©2018 Bajaj 169 Ramifications Acantholytic acanthoma: Asymptomatic benign skin tumours with typical acanthosis and acantholysis usually elucidate as keratotic The papules can be hideous and distressing Giant, expansive, papules or nodules on the torso. The elderly are predisposed with external lesions may motivate parental apprehension. Secondary Male: